Whew, took me longer than expected to get this chapter done, but now here it is.
In the conference room of the All-Stars mansion. All the All-Stars who were SIE employees were gathered. Drake was seated at the front in the center before speaking
"Alright Everyone" Drake announced "I Believe you all know why we're gathered here today. As we are all aware, we are here to discuss the possibility of having a second unofficial tournament. IF this works out, it should attract a significant amount of spectators."
"I get what you're saying, Spectators means popularity. Popularity means donations, and donations mean SIE will have enough appeal from fans to fund us a legitimate second tournament" Daxter explained in brief.
"Agreed" Clank spoke up "But I must say before all of us attempt anything. We have to analyze the flaws of the first tournament in more detail. Judging from the reactions of fans from a Survey by SIE. Fans were not impressed by the performances of people such as Parappa and Fat Princess"
Everyone just stared at Clank in a weird way
"I mean no offense," The robot said raising his hands up "I'm not saying that Parappa and Fat Princess, as well as some of you, were bad fighters. It's just that you don't have a high audience appeal"
"Ok Tin can" Emmett stood cracking his knuckle "You make a good point, but it's not my fault the fans didn't like me well enough."
"Same here" Parappa commented feeling displeased by the robot's comment
"Bentley had managed to get some information on potential employees we could invite for our unofficial tournament "
"Ok here's our first candidate"
WIth this the screen in front of the conference room showed a man with spiky blonde hair, red bandanna and armor and wielding a sword.
Name: Dart Feld
Title: The Dragoon
Bio: A man whose hometown was destroyed by an Entity known only as the 'Black Monster'. Wielder of the Red-Eyed Dragoon Spirit...
"Apparently, it looks like Dart was supposed to be included in the first tournament, but due to some conflicts he didn't make it in" Sly spoke
"I think we're all in agreement that we should invite him"? Nathan proposed
"The tournament is long over now, so it's not like the higher-ups in the can do anything about it" Jak responded
The Allstars all raised their hands in agreement
"Okay he's in, onto the next candidate" Drake continued
The screen then showed a blonde haired boy with a mark on his face, wielding a sword and pistol
Name: Jaster Rogue
Title: The Star King
Bio: An Agricultural worker and Member of Dorgengoa's Pirate crew. Growing up on the Desert planet of Rosa, and resentful of the presence on the planet of the Longardian army, he yearns to leave and explore space...
"He may not be very popular, but he does seem like a formidable warrior. I would certainly like to cross blades with him" Nariko commented
"Yeah, I can totally relate to this guy," Ratchet said, "What do the rest of you think?"
The Allstars just agreed.
"Okay, he's definitely invited. Next candidate please" Ratchet called out
The screen then showed a man with Dark brown hair dressed in an ancient tunic.
Name: Wander
Title: The Colossus Slayer
Bio: A young man with a clouded past, he travels to the Forbidden Lands on horseback in order to resurrect his lover, a girl named Mono...
"This Wander person has certainly earned a lot of recognition and awards, well everyone should we invite him?" Sly asked
The Allstars unanimously raised their hands, agreeing to include the well-known colossus slayer into their unofficial tournament
The screen then displayed a young man with brownish-orange hair dressed in medieval attire.
Name: Leonard
Title: The Pactmaker
Bio: A young man employed at Rapacci's Wines in the kingdom Balandor and pact maker of the Inccoruptus Wizel, the White Knight. Though he is an orphan, he has grown up into an upright and very positive fellow. He approaches his job with the same enthusiasm and attention to detail as he does everything else...
"That contraption of his certainly could go well against ice cream truck" Sweet tooth commented out of approval
"He seems like a pretty competent fighter, despite not having a very high fan appeal" Kratos could only say, "What does everyone think?"
Name: Norman Jayden
Title: The Profiler
Bio: An FBI agent tasked with investigating the Origami Killer Case.
"He may not seem like the fighting type" Fat princess advocated "But if this company can show me and Parappa how to fight then there's no reason why it can't be the same for him"
Name: Rudy Roughknight
Title: The Holmcross
Bio:A young drifiter who lives as an outcast on the planet Filgaia because of his ability to control ARMs, a powerful gun-like weapon that was used by the planet's civilization of yore.
"He may be a mere mortal, but I sense a greater power within" Zeus spoke
"I think it's best that we should invite him to come to participate, Since a lot of people don't know about him, I feel like this would be a chance to pull him up from the brink"
"Mmmpmmph" Sir Dan could only agree with Nariko.
"Okay We've gone through all the older employees. Now let's see who has been hired after our first tournament" Drake declared
The screen then showed a gruff looking man and a young girl wielding fire arms and fighting off what looke dlike zombies
Names: Joel and Ellie
Title: The Survivors
Bio:
"I'd say it best if we hold off on inviting these two since we know they fight as pair and the Kennel is planning on making them separate" Drake proposed
"I must object. Let's invite Joel and Joel only. Ellie, we can worry about once we know what the Kennel has in store for her" Jak proposed, knowing that the Kennel had already been pulled the plug on his work 10 years ago
"But they're partners, we can't invite them separately unless we know how they work individually." Drake tried making his point clear
"From what I observed, Joel seems to do most of the heavy lifting. Besides, his success has pretty much caused the Kennel to stop giving me more promotions. So just invite him for now." Jak calmly argued
The rest of the All-Stars sided with Jak on the matter. Drake just conceded defeat, after all, it's was just an experiment, not an official function
"Show the next Candidate" Jak said
The Screen now displayed a man dressed all black armor with a drone-like device floating by his side
Name: Lucas Kellen
Title: The Shadow Marshal
Bio: A Shadow Marshal of the Vektan Security Agency tasked in keeping the peace between the Vektans and refugee Helghast...
Out of all the AllStars who agreed. Radec was the only one to disagree.
"If all of you think I'm am going to work alongside some ISA Scum, then you have another thing coming," the Helghast command said in disgust
"Radec, whatever dispute you have with this guy can be dealt with at your workplace. Our competitor is strong and will only keep growing as time passes." Nariko said in annoyance
"Next Candidate Please" Radec grumbled in annoyance
The screen then showed a young man wearing a red beanie and denim west with a chain around his wrist
Name: Delsin Rowe
Title: The Small Town Delinquent
Bio: A graffiti artist and member of the AKomish Tribe residing in Salmon Bay, Delsin has discovered himself to be a conduit who can absorb the powers of other conduits...
"A Fellow conduit. I would certainly like a chance to have a match with this guy." Cole spoke
"It seems that Cole and kat aren't the only people with mysterious powers now huh? Who here thinks we should invite Delsin Rowe?" Sly asked
All the All-Stars just raised their hands in agreement without a second thought
"Okay With that taken care. Let's move onto the Next Candidate" Sly declared
The screen then showed a mysterious figure dressed in an all black wielding a serrated blade and a hand cannon
Name: Unknown, known only as "The Hunter"
Title: The Pale blood Hunter
Bio: Afflict by an unknown disease, he/she travels to the city of Yharnam to seek a mysterious element known only as 'Paleblood'
"This Hunter's situation certainly is very similar to mine" Emmett folded his arms "I personally like to see what they're capable of"
"Indeed I'd like to test this Hunter's strength for myself" Kratos spoke in favor before turning to the rest of the All-Stars "Should we invite him in?"
The Allstars unanimously agreed.
"Good" Kratos affirmed, "Now who's next?"
The screen now showed a dark-haired man dressed in a casual looking suit and tie, except he wasn't a man, he was an android as shown by LED on his temple
Name: RK800 "Connor"
Title: The Android
Bio: An advanced police model android for the DPD tasked with hunting down androids that have mysteriously deviated from their programmed behavior.
"Man, Can you believe how much popularity Connor has received among fans?" Ratchet commented
"Indeed such popularity will only help our cause. Well Nathan, should we include in him or?" Clank asked the treasure hunter who directed the question to the rest of the Allstars who Mostly agreed.
"Okay Everyone, thought we'd save the best for last. Well here she is " Drake said
The screen then depicted a red-haired woman dressed in indigenous tribal attire, wielding a bow and taking on what looked like a giant mechanical T-Rex
Name: Aloy
Title: The Machine Hunter
Bio: Growing up an outcast of the Nora Tribe, Aloy has always sought the answers of her origins in a world dominated by 'Machines'
"She certainly has a cooler job than I do" Spike commented
"I remember her teaching my son a few things about archery. SHe would be a good addition to this tournament" Kratos pointed out
"A Worthy Successor in my department if I do say so myself" Radec Commented
"Her popularity has definitely surpassed my own, well everyone are we all in agreement she should be invited?" Drake asked
"YEAH!" The rest of the Allstars cheered enthusiastically.
"Okay, Roster's been decided, all that remains is to send out invitation letters." Drake
Now that the meeting has been dismissed, Drake was still in the conference planning out the next steps
"Hey Nathan" Kat spoke out
"Is something on your mind Kat?" the retired treasure hunter asked
"During international women's day, I had a run in with not Only Aloy but a friend of yours. I believe her name was Chloe Frazer" the shifter explained
"You met Chloe?!" Drake was astonished. He hadn't kept in touch with Chloe for who knows how long, but was surprised to find out Kat had recently been in contact with her.
"She told me how she was on an expedition to stop some sort of evil warlord in India"
"So that's what she's been up to. Good to hear"
"I'm thinking it's a good idea to invite our friends to come to participate. I know the company made a promotion for my friend Raven, just as they did with Chloe."
"I actually like that idea, but let's put it on hold for now since we're still experimenting. IF the unofficial tournament turns out to be a success and we get enough support to have an official second tournament, then we can invite them in. Don't want to put all our eggs in one basket, do we?" Nathan gave his response
Kat nodded "Hm, agreed"
Hope this wasn't bad. Let me know what you guys think about this now that the characters have been revealed. note: Kennel = Naughty Dog
